Ginger Cookies

Name: Ginger Cookies
Ingredients: 1 cup unsalted butter; 1 cup sugar; 1 egg; 1 cup molasses; 2 tablespoons white vinegar; 5 cups all-purpose flour; 1 12 teaspoons baking soda; 12 teaspoon salt; 1 tablespoon ground ginger; 1 teaspoon cinnamon; 1 teaspoon ground cloves

11 ingredients

13 steps

Ingredients

1 cup unsalted butter
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 cup molasses
2 tablespoons white vinegar
5 cups all-purpose flour
1 12 teaspoons baking soda
12 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon ground ginger
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground cloves

Directions

1

The oven must be preheated to 375 degrees F.
2

Cream the butter, which MUST BE SOFT and the sugar.
3

Stir in the egg, molasses and vinegar; beat well.
4

Shift dry ingredients.
5

(the flour, baking soda, salt, ginger, cinnamon and cloves); stir them into the wet ingrdients.
6

Chill the dough for 3 hours or overnight.
7

After the 3 hours or the next day, on a floured surface, roll the dough to 1/8 of an inch thick.
8

(or as close to that as you can, just make sure that they are the same thickness so that they will bake evenly).
9

Cut into shapes and place 1 inch apart on a greased baking sheet.
10

At this point you can decorate the cookies with candy, raisins, nuts and colored sugars if you want.
11

Bake at 375 degrees F for about 6 minutes.
12

Cool slightly; remove cookies from cookie sheet and cool them on a rack or an unfolded brown paper bag.
13

Enjoy!